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Interviews of Heather Millar aged 64

EERC/DG/DG13/3

Childhood Community Life Housing Working life Shopping Social Systems Entertainment Transport Kirkcudbright

Biographical interview with Heather Miller (b. 1947) who was born and brought up in Kirkcudbright. Much of the interview is about Heather's grandparents' home which was a fisherman's cottage down nea...

Interviews of Nancy Muirhead aged 75

EERC/DG/DG13/7

Childhood Working life Knitting Social Systems Entertainment Community Life Housing Kirkcudbright Castle Douglas Dumfries (Scotland)

Biographical interview with Nancy Muirhead (aged 75) who was born in Mull and came to Kirkcudbright, where she still lives, when she was around 12 years old. Nancy talks a little about settling into ...

Interviews of Linda Petrie and Trudy Grant

EERC/EL/EL6/3

Childhood Education Community Life Social Systems Recreation Working life Teaching Gender Housing Transport Haddington Edinburgh Wallyford Prestonpans Musselburgh Longniddry North Berwick Leith Ballencrieff

In this interview, mother and daughter Trudy (b.1931) and Linda (b.1954) talk about living in East Lothian in the 1960s. The family had moved to Haddington when Mr Grant came to work as a teacher at ...

Interviews of Douglas Clark and Hazel Clark

EERC/EL/EL8/2

Childhood Working life Farming Social Systems Material Culture World War, 1939-1945 Housing Weaving Recreation Foodways Religion Transport Reston Haddington East Linton Nunraw Whittingehame Estate Garvald

In this interview, husband and wife, Dougie (b. circa 1934) and Hazel Clark, talk about their connections with Garvald and their time farming at Luggate Farm. Hazel begins by sharing some of her memor...

Interviews of Lorna McDougal

EERC/EL/EL11/7

Childhood Education Working life Housing Community Life Recreation Social Systems Music Clothing and dress Crafts Gladsmuir Macmerry Nungate Haddington

In this interview, Lorna MacDougal, talks about her life in Haddington and particularly her early life, schooldays and youth. Her parents met in Cove and moved to Haddington so that her father could ...

Interviews of Graham Wells

EERC/EL/EL11/8

Childhood Education Working life Housing Community Life Play Social Systems Music Sports Mining Banks and banking Ormiston Haddington Port Seton North Berwick Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland Dunbar Tranent

In this interview, Graham Wells (aged 46) from Ormiston talks about his childhood and working life in East Lothian. Graham recalls that his parents settled in Ormiston when they married. At that time...

Interviews of John Stephen Hannah

EERC/EL/EL15/2

Childhood Housing Community Life Social Systems Working life Sports Recreation Police Religion Dunbar Glasgow Lossiemouth

In this interview, John Hannah (b.1957) shares stories from his childhood and youth. John was born in Glasgow and moved to Dunbar as part of the Glasgow overspill around 1963. He recalls details fro...

Interviews of Elizabeth Strachan

EERC/EL/EL17/1

Community Life Social Systems Housing Working life Mining Music Pencaitland

In this interview, Elizabeth Strachan (aged 89, born Surrey) talks about her life in Pencaitland following her decision to move there in the mid 1970s. At that time, Elizabeth was a teacher in Edinbu...

Interviews of Isabella (Bella) Gordon Davidson

EERC/EL/EL17/2

Childhood Working life World War, 1939-1945 Community Life Social Systems Housing Festivals Religion Pencaitland Glenkinchie Distillery Boggs Holdings Winton Castle Fountainhall Castle

In this interview with Isabella (Bella) Gordon Davidson (b.1920) talks about her life in Pencaitland, where she has lived since childhood. Bella can recall the outbreak of World War 2 and early evide...

Interviews of Ronnie Waugh aged 76

EERC/DG/DG38/15

Working life Health Community Life Nursing | Practice Social Systems Recreation Education Travellers Domestic Life Housing World War, 1939-1945 Dunscore Dumfries (Scotland)

Biographical interview (DG38/15/1/1, interview 1 of 2, 16 February 2015) with Ronnie Waugh (b. 1938). Ronnie moved to Dunscore when he was 2. After leaving school he started to train as an apprenti...

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